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Clock Tower

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City of Newcastle has a schedule of different coloured lights for the Newcastle City Hall Clock Tower face. Lighting colour changes of the clock face acknowledge community celebrations, commemorations or days of public significance.

Clock Face Lighting Schedule

Dates	Organisation	Colour
	No events currently scheduled for January

To submit a request to change the colour of the Newcastle City Hall clock tower face, please complete an application form.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.